Been busy getting ready for a birthday

I've had to put some projects on hold this week since Sunday is Lily's birthday and this mom has been working hard getting all of the decorations ready for her backyard party with our family. Even though we aren't throwing a big party I wanted to make sure that it's a memorable birthday for her and us.
When my Mom and Dad were here we went to Disneyland for her first trip and while we were there we just happened to catch the Princess Story Time with Ariel. Lily loved seeing Ariel and has been talking about the princess for the past few weeks. She had only recently begun showing interest in the Disney princesses and Ariel was her Princess of choice. So I guess it seemed the natural theme for her 3rd birthday be Princess Ariel.
Right away I had some ideas and I started getting them together this week. We went to Michaels yesterday and I got a great deal on a 3 tier cupcake/cake display and we picked up a few supplies but I found that I had a lot of things in my stash at home.
I started my vision with these wood starfish I got for 25 cents for 2 of them, some paint and Martha Stewart micro beads.

First I painted them

Then I covered them in Tombow Mono liquid adhesive and coated them with the clear micro beads and let them dry.

While I was waiting for those to dry I started working on the cupcake toppers. I used my Cricut Expression and the Sweet Treats cart to cut these flowers and 3's out.

Next I made some tissue paper pom poms from the instructions at Martha Stewart.com here

Then I was ready to decorate the cupcake display. With my paper supplies, some purple tulle and my micro bead starfish and some ribbon and some clear Ariel stickers I mounted on acetate from Grafix. Here's the finished project ready for cupcakes!

Here's a close up of the top.

I must admit this project turned out much better than I had imagined and I wanted to cry when my daughter woke up from her nap and exclaimed "Mommy, pretty Ariel. It's so cute!"
I almost have everything ready for her party and just have a few last minute things to pick up before Sunday.

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